There’s something about the weathered texture and classic muted red that I love in salvaged brick. Growing up, we always had plenty of it around due to the stockpile my dad accumulated from the neighborhood chimneys toppled by the Northridge earthquake. This Valentine’s Day I stole a brick from the remnants of that stockpile to …
Is anyone else crazy busy these days?! I have tons of recent projects that I’m so excited to share, including my brother’s upcoming wedding, new stationery for the shop, and culinary adventures with our grapes and zucchinis! But since they aren’t quite ready for posting, I thought I’d share a throwback project. This artwork hung …
The Good Friday tornado in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO, leveled homes, blew off roofs and walls, flipped cars and uprooted trees. Thankfully my family, friends and the rest of the community survived. My hometown is putting the pieces back together and, even though I’m in LA, I want to help. All proceeds from …
This Halloween, Jennifer and I dressed up as American Gothic. When dressing up as a […]
Note: This is Greg’s first Seakettle post! Since he was completely responsible for every step except number 11, I figured it would be easier for him to explain the shelves than for me to transcribe the process. Thanks, Greg! We acquire a surprising assortment of stationery on a regular basis—postcards, wedding invitations, a Charley Harper …
Sorry for the lack of posts lately! It seems I have a million projects on the to-do list, yet we’ve been spending all our free time out of town! Speaking of traveling, we’ve added this new print to our collection: “We don’t take vacations, we take adventures.” Greg came to this conclusion in Charleston, as …
Despite my taking 5,000+ photos per year (for fun), our apartment had exactly one photo on display. Pitiful. It isn’t even a particularly good one, it just happens to have been framed years ago. Yesterday, I finally changed that. Part of my hesitation in putting up tons of photos (especially, no offense, of family and …
I am a landlord’s nightmare. I have a cat that likes to destroy carpet edges and window screens. I like painting the walls fuchsia (just one, really) and secretly planting flowers on the property. Oh, and I use a lot of nails. Really, really a lot of nails. This doesn’t include the curtains that I …
Ta-da! I recently finished a collection of circles over our bed and am quite happy with the results. We needed something over our low platform bed to break up the big, neutral wall and I was looking for earthquake-friendly ideas (Late night shower of glass and metal? No thanks!). I first spotted “swatch portraits” over …
I’m a web designer by day, working for a fabulous little company based in South Bend, IN. My coworkers moved into a new office this year and the new space meant many freshly-painted, completely bare walls. After a geeky brainstorming session with the staff, we had plenty of fun ideas. First, we stenciled the corresponding …